#BC98DB#BC98DB

#BC98DB is a light, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.102 H 308.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC98DB
RGB	rgb(188, 152, 219)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(272, 31%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 30.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, 25.99, -29.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 38.99, 311.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% 0.0636 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.102 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7511, 38.2627, 72.0320)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC98DB #B7DB98

analogous

#9B98DB #BC98DB #DB98D8

triadic

#BC98DB #DBBC98 #98DBBC

tetradic

#BC98DB #DB9B98 #B7DB98 #98D8DB

square

#BC98DB #DB9B98 #B7DB98 #98D8DB

split-complementary

#BC98DB #D8DB98 #98DB9B

monochromatic

#8140B8 #9F6BCB #BC98DB #D9C5EB #F0E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#BC98DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#BC98DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC98DB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC98DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC98DB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8CA5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc98db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 152, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.102 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1b6e6',
    500: '#bc98db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc98db;
$custom-light: #d1b6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc98db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.239,
    "s": 48.201,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73619,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC98DB

secondary

#E5EEDD

accent

#BB2A6D

background

#FCFBFE

surface

#F9F6FC

border

#D2D0D5

text

#141116

muted

#828084

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC98DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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